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Reel 83: In the Style of Howard Hawks
Our first episode of 2025 is the last of our “In the Style of” series, and this was a fun one to make for us. This time around we’re looking at films that emulate director Howard Hawks in one way or another. Maybe it’s dialogue, maybe it’s the overall vibe, maybe it’s the cinematography… …Nah.…
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Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
Yeah, we kind of dropped off the face of the Earth. Sean and I separately decided that we needed a break from the schedule. We were getting a little burned out between this project, and life in general, and work hassles, and who knows what else. And one of us finally said to the other,…
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Reel 82: In the Style of Ingmar Bergman
In most arts, there’s a fine line between homage and imitation. Go too subtle and nobody gets the references. Go too hard and chances are, you get dinged for pandering. This time around we land on a couple of films that may do a little of each (in my opinion; Sean might disagree), but they’re…
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Reel 81: In the Style of Hitchcock
Can I just take a moment to sit back and look proudly upon this episode’s cover art? It wasn’t tough to make but I really like the way it came out. Okay, onward: It’s often fun to see a film and realize that there’s something about it that reminds you of another filmic work. Maybe…
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Reel 80: Political Thrillers
In previous episodes, we’ve dealt with political stories. Most of them involved spies of some kind, or they involved fictional characters overlaid on real-life scenarios. This time around we have two stories based on real-life events, though there’s a “but” in there. We’ll get to that in a minute. In this episode we’re looking at…
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Reel 79: The Dark Side of TV
We don’t often use topics that I chose, but when we do, we have a lot to talk about. Sean and I both love each of this week’s films so unabashedly that both halves of the episode are rather overstuffed, even after editing. This time around we’re exploring the dark underbelly of media-based popularity, and…
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Reel 78: Love the Film, Hate the Side Effect, Pt. 2
Oddly enough, I hate the artwork on this episode but I love the fact that I was able to match the films’ respective fonts. You win some, you lose some. We conclude our mini-series with another pair of films that you can’t help but love. Unfortunately, they’ve also had a ripple effect, and the ripples…
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Reel 77: Love the Film, Hate the Side Effect
To give you some idea of the lead time we have on our episodes, ponder this: we recorded this episode only a couple of days before President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address for 2024. And here we are, with me coincidentally composing this post shortly after Biden announced his withdrawal from…
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Reel 76: The Gangster Film as Allegory
This episode and the previous episode have something in common, besides the word “allegory”. All of these films are specifically anti-Capitalism allegories based in genre films. Last week it was Westerns; this week it’s Gangster films. And the only reason I didn’t put that in the episode title is because that’s a LOT of words…
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Getting Social
Sean usually rattles off where we can be found on the Social Media, but I thought it’d be helpful to get it all into one place. You can email us here. The show is on the Book of Face here. The show’s Instagram feed. The show’s Xitter feed (yeah, we still post there, mostly announcements…